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Because You Have To: A Writing Life

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posted on 2017-07-19, 00:00 authored by Joan Frank
Part memoir, part handbook, part survey of the contemporary literary scene, Joan Frank's _Because You Have To: A Writing Life_ is a collection of essays that, taken together, provide a walking tour of the writing life. Frank's aim is to form a coherent vision, one that may provide some communion about realities of the writer's vocation that have struck her as rarely revealed. Frank offers what she has learned as a writer not only to other writers, but to those to whom good writing matters. Her insights about 'thinking on paper' are never dogmatic or pontifical; rather, they are cordial and intellectually welcoming. Original, witty, and practical, Frank ably steers us through the journey of her own life as a writer, as well as through the careers and work of other writers. Her subjects range widely, from the 'boot camp' conditioning of marketing work to squaring off with rejection and envy; from sustaining belief in art's necessity to the baffling subjectivity of literary perception and the magical books that nourish writers. Frank's personal journey is wonderfully told, so that what in these essays is particular becomes useful and universal.\u000a\u000a\u00A9 University of Notre Dame\u000a\u000aCopyright for most content is held by The University of Notre Dame. Reproduction of all or any portion of content constitutes a violation of copyright. You must obtain permission from The Copyright Clearance Center or The University of Notre Dame Press in order to reprint (or adapt) content.\u000a\u000ap: (574) 631-6346 \ e: undpress@nd\.edu \ website: copyright\.com

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Alt Title

Because You Have To

Date Created

2016-03-15

Date Modified

2017-07-19

Language

  • English

Alternate Identifier

9780268079840|9780268079765

Extent

216 pages

Library Record

003354751

Publisher

University of Notre Dame Press

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